Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
planning - ANSWER ✔✔setting goals and objectives for
organizations. Think: what are they wanting to accomplish?
directing - ANSWER ✔✔overseeing the day-to-day operations. Think:
where can we improve? are we achieving goals?
controlling - ANSWER ✔✔evaluating results and making adjustments
managerial accounting focuses on... - ANSWER ✔✔relevant
information that affects future operations
, Sustainability - ANSWER ✔✔the ability to meet the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their own needs
What are the three pillars of sustainability - ANSWER ✔✔3Ps: people
(social), planet (environment), and profit (economic)
What is ethical behavior? - ANSWER ✔✔it means to do the right
thing, regardless of the consequences. Not all unethical behavior is
illegal but all illegal behavior is unethical.
What are 2 ways to generate profit? - ANSWER ✔✔Increase
revenues or sales, and/or decrease expenses/costs
What are 3 types of companies? - ANSWER ✔✔service (intangible),
merchandising (reselling), and manufacturing (producing)
What are the 3 types of inventory for manufacturing companies? -
ANSWER ✔✔Raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods
What is a cost object? - ANSWER ✔✔this is anything that we as a
company need to know and figure out the cost of
What is a direct costs? - ANSWER ✔✔any cost that we can TRACE
DIRECTLY to a cost object.